Busko-Spa 1a (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.5° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• Badenian (Middle Miocene), from the algal bioherm within the algal-detrital limestone unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone and shelly/skeletal limestone

• unbedded algal limestone (calcareous algae) bioherm, 5-10 m thick, lateral extent probably doesn't exceed 50 m. No zonation of any type is observed within the bioherm, and the substrate remains unknown.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Primary reference: W. Studencki. 1979. Sedimentation of algal limestones from Busko-Spa environs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 27:155-165 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37375: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 14.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Serpulida indet.
perhaps also vermetids
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
algal rhodoliths
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
algal rhodoliths (calcareous red algal colony)
Cirripedia
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Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail